1. Must read books for project
managers
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2. 1. The Effective Executive
Penned down by Peter F. Drucker, one of the
most influential management thinkers of current
times, the book is a must read for anyone looking
to up the ante in project management.
Highlight: Five essentials to business
effectiveness laid out in an easily actionable
language.

3. 2. The Lazy Project Manager
Seems quite an unusual name for a topic like
project management, but the book is definitely a
big thumbs up when it comes to its content.
Highlight: The tried and tested 80/20 rule to
explain how you can achieve more in less time.

4. 3. The Mythical Man Month
An all time classic, the book was written
originally by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. in the year
1975. It is basically a software management
book, but the lessons make it must for anyone
related to project management.
Highlight: The exemplification of project
management scenarios such as relating them to
common things like comparing coding with menu
of restaurant.

5. 4. Making Things Happen
Written by Scott Berkun, a Microsoft project
veteran, the book has been critically acclaimed
for its field-tested philosophies and strategies
Highlight: Emphasis on theory and philosophy as
compared to specifics of project management.

6. 5. Death March
Written by Edward Nash Yourdon, a pioneer in
the software engineering methodology, the book’
s title has been used in the context to the biggest
problems that IT projects appear to face.
Highlight: Skillful negotiations and improved
project management tips of a kind.

7. 6. Decisive
With this book the Heath brothers bring back the
old school philosophy of a project manager’s
ability to make decisions as the most important
aspect of the job.
Highlight: The four step process designed to
counteract the biases in the decision making.

8. 7. Peopleware
The core philosophy of this book can be summed
in this quote taken from it ‘The major problem of
our work are not so much technological as
sociological in nature’.
Highlight: Parkinson’s law. according to which
the work expands to fill the time allocated for it.

9. 8. Jack Welch and the G.E Way
Robert Slater has brought forward the insights of
innovative leadership strategies employed by
Jack Welch, G.E’s chief executive for past 17
years.
Highlight: While writing this book, author had
unprecedented access to Welch and other
prominent GE insiders

10. 9. A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge
Whether you are looking for standard project
management terminologies or A to Z knowledge
areas of this field, this book is must for you.
Highlight: Highly researched theory content.

11. 10. Gazzaa’s Guide to Practical
Project Management
The book breaks down the complicated task of
project management into practical and simple
concepts to understand them better.
Highlight: Addressing the four stages i.e.
Initiation/Planning, Execution, Closeout and
Project Control.

12. The book sheds the light on the root cause of
trouble that lead to the failure of projects and
brings an in-depth analysis on each aspect of
handling a project.
Highlight: Real world examples of what works,
what doesn’t and why?
11. Rescue the Problem Project

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